Welcome to Our Results pages Below are just some snippets from some recent events and our apologies to those who have not had their triumphs heralded yet!. We do need your help please to keep this current, especially for some of the older racers who may be attending FIS events on their own. So please e-mail all information, press articles and photos to info@spsrc.org.uk.If you don't then nothing will appear!

British Ski Cross Racers Emily Sarsfield and Peter Whelan (SPSRC) Shine in Argentina Race win for Peter Whelan - 5th September 2010 Two South American Cup Ski Cross races took place today in Chapelco, Argentina where British Ski Cross Team members Emily Sarsfield, 27 and Peter Whelan, 21 competed in a field which included members of the Canadian Olympic Ski Cross Team. Yesterday's race was postponed until today due to high winds, making today a tough two-race day. Todays races were the third and forth of the 2011 season and in glorious sunshine and warm temperatures, Sarsfield finished 3rd and 4th in the ladies and Whelan finished 1st and 2nd in the mens. Both athletes carry over their strong finishes from the 2010 season where Sarsfield won the Val Thorens ladies Ski Cross Europa Cup and Whelan finished 5th in the mens. Whelan only broke into the British Ski Cross Team back in January and has continued to grow in stature since. "It was an amazing day and a good start for the 2011 season beating Davey (Barr) [6th in the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games]. "The results today have given me confidence for the upcoming world cup season." Peter said after the race.

Sandown take top honours at British Championships 2010 Sandown featured amongst the top racers in Meribel at Senior, Junior and Children levels, as well as winning the Girls Team Prize: 2010 British Land National Championships - Meribel, France 28th March - 5th April 2010 Chemmy Alcott won the Super Combined Chemmy Alcott won the Downhill Louise Thomas won the Slalom Chemmy Alcott won the Giant Slalom. Louise Thomas won the Super-G with Chemmy Alcott in 2nd place 2010 British Land National Children Championships - Meribel, France 6th - 9th April 2010 Sandown Park were the best Children 2 Girls Team (Alice Macaulay, Thomasine Nilson-Wrede & Laetitia Hawkins-Hooker). Thomasine Nilson-Wrede was 1st Overall Children 2. Thomasine Nilson-Wrede was 2nd Children 2 in the GS. Thomasine Nilson-Wrede was 1st in the Slalom Katya Bingle-Williams was 3rd in the Minis GS Thomasine Nilson-Wrede was 1st in the non-championship Super-G

Sandown bag more great results at British Championships 2009 Once again Sandown featured amongst the top racers in Meribel. The Juniors had outstanding results through Mollie Dendle (pictured) and Dan Absalom, whilst in the seniors the girls races were again dominated by Louise Thomas and Chemmy Allcott. In the Children's races, Thomasine Nielsen Wrede came 3rd in Children 2 in the Slalom, 7th in the Giant Slalom and 9th in the Super G; and Alice MacAulay also achieved a top 20 overall placing in both disciplines. Lucy Plenderleith and Evie Kock both flew down the slope to earn Top 20 places in the Giant Slalom and Lucy went even faster in the Super G to come 14th overall. In the boys races, Jack Gower came1st in the Giant slalom, 2nd in the Super G and then again in the first run of the Slalom and Rory Gower came 5th overall in Children 1 in the Slalom and the Giant Slalom. Well done Gower Family!

Sandown excel at British Championships 2008 Once again Sandown featured amongst the top racers in Meribel In the Junior Giant Slalom, Louise Thomas excelled to win Junior 2 and come 2nd overall to, none other than Chemmy Alcott. To this she added a second place (3rd overall) in Super G. Well done Louise! Dan Absalom raced exceptionally well again to came 8th in Junior 1 Slalom. In the Children's races, Thomasine Nielsen Wrede stormed the field to come 1st in the Giant Slalom. Imogen Talor came 2nd in the Giant Slalom and 4th in the Slalom in Children 2 with Stephanie Espinosa 10th in the Slalom. In the boys races, Jack Gower came 8th in Children 2 in the Giant Slalom.

Great Results at the British International Schoolboys Races 2008 In the Schoolboys races in the new venue of Meirungen in Switzerland, Sandown again had some great results with numerous top 10 placings. In the Junior Slalom, Jean-Paul Espinosa came 2nd in Junior 1 and 3rd overall. In the Children's slalom, Jack Gower came 5th in Children 2 and 6th overall. In the Junior Giant Slalom, Dan Absalom came 2nd in Junior 1 and also 2nd overall and George Harris came 5th in Junior 1 and 7th overall. In the Children's Giant Slalom, James Sieber finished 3nd in Children 1. In the team events, George Harris and Dan Absalom were in the team placed 1st and James Sieber in the team placed 3rd.

Mighty Performances from Sandown at the 2007 British Chamionships Meribel 2007 saw some great results for the club As the Surrey Advertiser Reported: (see Press Section) " Louise Thomas underlined her Olympic potential as she retained her overall combined title at the British Junior Alpine Championships.The 19-year-old from West Horsley pulled off a clean sweep at Meribel, France, by taking top spot in the slalom, giant slalom and super G events. In the Junior Men's category, Peter Whelan (also pictured) came 1st in the Giant Slalom and 5th Overall. Peter Bruton came 4th in the Giant Slalom, 8th in the Slalom and 9th overall, with Jean-Paul Espinosa and Chris Dixon also placing within the top 25 in all their disciplines. In the Junior Girl's category, in addition to Louise's victory, Helena Bray came 8th in the giant Slalom and 14th overall and Alex Emerton achieved three top 25 results in her disciplines. In the Children's section, Jack Gower, returning from injury, came 3rd in the Children's 1 Super G, 6th in the Slalom and 5th overall and Danny Absalom came 8th in the Giant Slalom in Children's 2. Imogen Taylor also showed her potential, caming 1st in the Children's 1 slalom, 2nd in the Giant Slalom and 6th in the Super G to finish 2nd overall. Thomasine Nilson-Wrede came 1st in her age in the Slalom, with Alice Macaulay 2nd. In the Minis Combi Race, Rory Gower came 1st, James Sieber 5th and James Petrie 8th in Boys 2 whilst Darcie Mead came 5th and Isadora Taylor 8th in Girls 2. In the Minis GS, Jessica Maiklam came 2nd in the Girls 2, with Isadora Taylor 7th. In Girls 1 Melissa Maiklam came 7th. In the Boys 2 Rory Gower came 2nd.

Winter 2007 Results Round Up A complete round-up from all the main British Races over the Winter, including BARSC, the British School Girls in Flaine, the British International Schoolboys in Les Menuires and the Crystal British Interschool Ski Challenge in Les Houches Click HERE to download (800kb)

British International Schoolboys Races 2007 In the Schoolboys races in Les Menuires, Sandown based racers had some great results with numerous top 10 placings. In the Junior Slalom, Jean-Paul Espinosa came 3rd in Junior 1. In the Children's slalom, in Children 2, Danny Absalom came 4th overall, George Harris 7th and Rob Fail 14th, whilst in Children 1 Jack Gower came 5th. . In the Junior Giant Slalom, Jean-Paul Espinosa came 1st in Junior 1 and 2nd overall in the event. New member Ben Petrie came 12th in Junior 1. In the Children's Giant Slalom, overall Jack Gower, just returning from a broken collarbone, finished 2nd in Children 1, Danny Absalom 7th, Rob Fail 13th and George Harris 16th in Children 2. In the Minis Giant Slalom, James Petrie came 2nd and James Sieber came 4th In the team events, George Harris was in the team placed 2nd and Jack Gower in the team placed 3rd.

Top Honours for Sandown Schoolgirls at 2007 International Schools Races The British Schoolgirls International Races, again held in Flaine, delivered more good results for SPSRC members. In the first slalom race Eloise Greenhalgh came 1st in the Children 2 Category and Kirsty Dixon 2nd. In the second slalom race Eloise Greenhalgh again came 1st and Kirsty Dixon 3nd.

BARSC 2007 Highlights The BARSC races started the season with some promising performances, although many of our racers were either not able to come or were injured.. In the Slalom, Imogen Taylor came 4th in Children 1 and Thomasine Nilson-Wrede achieved 5th and 7th places, to come 4th overall. Alice Macaulay came 6th and 14th, to come 8th overall. Eloise Greenhalgh came 10th in both races, to come 9th overall in the Children 2 and Kirsty Dixn achieved 13th position overall. In the boys, Casper Nilson-Wrede came 12th. In the GS Races, Thomasine achieved a 3rd place on day 1, and came 4th overall on day 2. Eloise came 8th overall on day 2 and Kirsty 12th. Alice Macaulay came 10th overall in Children1 on day 2 and Imogen Taylor 12th overall. In the Boys Danny Absalom came 9th overall on day 2. In the mini Girls, Isodora Taylor came 10th on day 1 and Rory Gower came 3rd and James Sieber 7th. On day 2 Isodora came 6th and Ella Young 11th in the Girls, with Rory Gower 1st and James Sieber 6th in the boys

LSERSA 2006 Finals see some Great Results for SPSRC The final race of the LSERSA series together with the series awards took place at Bromley Ski Centre. Congratulations yet again to Alice MacAulay and James Sieber, as well as new member Ella Young for winning their sections in the LSERSA Overall Series, especially as they were up against the best in the Country. Congratulations also to Alice Taylor, Amy Young and Eloise Greenhalgh, all of whom placed in the top three in the race series in their age groups. James was also a co-winner of the Bartlett Trophy for most improved Skier. On the day itself Podium Places were gained by Chris Dixon, Eloise Greenhalgh, James Sieber, Alice Taylor, Amy Young and Ella Young with Robert Fail and Alice Taylor both frustratingly just one place outside the medals on this occasion. A great dry slope season, well done all!

30 Sandown Racers attend 2006 Club Championships The annual Club Chamipionships took place on Sunday 25th June 2006. Despite the early 8am start, with some great racing, the sun shining down on us and bacon rolls in good supply, a good day was had by all. It was especially pleasing to have so many of our Junior Racers present. We were delighted to have one of our Swiss Trainers, Corrinne Maurer as our guest, having specially flown over to join us. Prizes were presented by Corinne and by Trina Head, the reigning British Champion, who, everyone was very pleased to hear, will be joining the training team with effect from the Summer Camp. In his speech, Kevin gave a warm thanks to coach John Harris and all the committe members and parents for their considerable contributions to the success of the club. Of course it goes without saying that everyone is equally grateful to Kevin, Heinz, Corrine and all the other members of the coaching team for their munificent efforts for the club. A full account of all the racing and all the various race and end of season prize winners is being prepared by Sarah Carew for the newsletter, in the meantime the race results can be accessed by clicking here to download the pdf file (22Kb). Congatulations to all the racers who put on a great show.

Sandown Women Reign Supreme at 2006 British Championships Sandown women took top honours at the Bristish Championships held in Meribel. Louise Thomas (pictured) marked the transiition to becoming a full time racer by taking the Snowsport Scotland Trophy for Best Overall Junior Girl, on the way winning the Ski Club of Great Britain Trophy for best Overall Junior Slalom Katrina Head and Chemmy Alcott dominated the ladies section of the Senior Races. Chemmy came 1st in both the Salom and Giant Slalom events, whilst Katrina gained podium finishes in the Slalom, Giant Slalom and Downhill and took the Lillywhite Gretton Trophy to become British Combined Champion as well as being awarded the Victor Ludorum.

Sandown Schoolgirls Romp Home at 2006 International Schools Races The British Schoolgirls International Races, held in Flaine, delivered a great clutch of results for SPSRC members with Helena Bray, Alex Emerton, Hanne Davis, Lois Parmenter, Kirsty Dixon, Amanda Aldridge and Eloise Greenhalgh all getting onto the podium at least once. Again Sandown members were the most successful club present, with an all Sandown based team taking the overall title.

British International Schoolboys Races 2006 deliver excellent results In the Schoolboys races in Les Menuires, Sandown based racers had some great results with numerous 1st and 2nd places. Podium winners included Greg Evans, Chris Dixon, Robert Fail, J-P Espinosa, Chris Poulter, Danny Absalom, George Harris, James Sieber and Rory Gower. Overall, Sandown provided the majority of the placings and the team of Greg Evans, Chris Dixon and Robert Fail (Hampton Grammer - pictured) took the overall title.